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Chapter 72: Somewhere Safe

Penulis: Mila Cruz
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-06-14 13:49:05

Scarlett's POV

Spencer drove while I sat in the passenger seat.

I looked out the window and said nothing and he didn't push me to say anything.

The city moved past the window. People on the streets doing their Friday evening things, completely indifferent to what had happened four floors up in a hospital surgical corridor three hours ago. Traffic lights. A woman walking a dog. Two kids on bikes. All of it ordinary and unreachable feeling.

I pressed my fingers against the cold of the window gl
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